2023 Football Schedule Released For St. Rita High School

CHICAGO — With a little less than four weeks until the first high school football practices begin in Illinois on Aug. 7, the countdown to the fall season is officially underway. A nine-game regular season runs through the end of October, before the postseason culminates with state championship games scheduled for the weekend of Nov. 24-25 at Illinois State University.

The Illinois High School Association, in partnership with Max Preps, recently announced schedules for the varsity teams. South Side fans will especially be keeping tabs on the local team at St. Rita High School.

This fall, the Mustangs will be joined in the Chicago Catholic League's East Suburban Catholic Conference-Blue by Marist (Chicago), Brother Rice (Chicago), Chicago Mt. Carmel and Loyola Academy (Wilmette).

Locally, the regular season begins on the road, when the St. Rita faces Sandburg High School, Friday, Aug. 25. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.

See the full 2023 St. Rita football schedule below.

Aug. 25: Friday, 7:30 p.m., St. Rita @ Sandburg (Orland Park), non-conference (away)
Sept. 1: Friday, 7:30 p.m., St. Rita v. Kenwood Academy (Chicago), non-conference (home)
Sept. 8: Friday, 7:30 p.m., St. Rita @ Joliet Catholic, non-conference (away)
Sept. 15: Friday, 7:30 p.m., St. Rita @ Chicago Mt. Carmel, conference (away)
Sept. 22: Friday, 7:30 p.m., St. Rita v. Marmion (Aurora), non-conference (home)
Sept. 29: Friday, 7:30 p.m., St. Rita v. Loyola Academy (Wilmette), conference (home)
Oct. 6: Friday, 7:30 p.m., St. Rita @ St. Francis (Wheaton), non-conference (away)
Oct. 13: Friday, 7:30 p.m., St. Rita v. St. Laurence (Burbank), non-conference (home)
Oct. 20: Friday, 7 p.m., St. Rita @ Brother Rice (Chicago), conference (home)